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Austin opened the scoring inside two minutes at St Mary's.
The Saints striker poked past Petr Cech as the hosts made a much better start than Arsene Wenger's side.
The hosts were dominant but didn't make their advantage count and Giroud made them pay late on.
He headed home an Alexis Sanchez cross two minutes from time to rescue a point for Arsenal.
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